Muigua,Kaur win Safaricom’s Junior Elite camp tournament
The tournament marked the end of a three-day Bootcamp training for the 51 junior golfers by the US Kids Foundation
The tournament marked the end of a three-day Bootcamp training for the 51 junior golfers by the US Kids Foundation
The training program, a partnership between Safaricom and US Kids Foundation, launched in October aims to encourage all local coaches to train young golfers
Nyasha Muyambo emerged the victor after carding a three under par 69 for a comfortable five stroke margin of victory, finishing ahead of second placed Visitor Mapwanya and third placed Robson Chinhoi.
The duo are tied on three under par 213.
Ngige produced a second consecutive under par round to claim a place on the podium, having shot a 67 on Friday before carding home a 71 on Saturday to finish on an overall score of 287.
Uganda’s Ronald Rugumayo is second on the leaderboard with -6 after 54 holes
Four other Kenyans including the legendary Jacob Okello, Robinson Owiti, Njuguna Ngugi and Greg Snow remain with a chance of making the cut in Uganda with round two action set for Thursday.
15-year old Jacinta Njeri is a beneficiary of the Safaricom Golf tour
Playing off handicap 37, Githinji, who had qualified for the finals after winning the Ladies Category during the opening leg in Nanyuki, returned a score of 47 Stableford points courtesy of 23 points in the front nine and 24 points in the back nine to claim the overall title.
Over 9,000 golfers participated in the successful tournament that is sponsored by Safaricom featuring in different categories of the sport including corporate and junior tournaments. More importantly, the series featured golf clinics and Outreach programs that were aimed at taking the sport closer to the people as well as introducing it to as many juniors as possible.